To try to reboot americas economy. � another lost summer� for Uk Musicalfestivals a report by mps blame the government for not backing an Insurance Safety Net for organisers. And coming up in half an hour a former wales rugby international takes on his biggest challenge to prove the game he loves has caused his dementia. That� s in � rugby the cost of concussion. � thousands of fans are descending on the portuguese city of porto for this evening� s Champions League final between Chelsea And Manchester city. 16,500 supporters will be allowed into the stadium to watch the all English Affair the venue was switched from turkey, when the country was put on the uk� s travel � Red List�. Our sports correspondent, laura scott, reports from porto. The morning after the night before, and while the Clean Up job began for some, for the fans the party in porto is onlyjust getting going. Thousands of Chelsea And Manchester city supporters have arrived, including a large number of special charter flights this morning, and they only want one thing. Waited a long time for this. So we� re just happy, but we, obviously we want result first, don� t we . Great thing is, you can see a bit of the city, have a drink or two and go and win the Champions League tonight. This is a lifetime experience and i really think, for us as a family, we are always going to remember this, no matter how the result ends. Final preparations by both teams have been made, and there may be few secrets between them, having played each other three times this season. But this one is extra special, and both managers know what� s at stake. I� m the happiest man in the world to be here. So it is a privilege, it� s an honour and we are going to try to do our best. Man city is the benchmark, again they are the champions, they are the benchmark in europe and in this league, and we are the guys who, who want to hunt them and who want to close the gap. Skirmishes between fans have broken out on the last two nights, although local police dismissed the incidents as minor and no arrests were made. Authorities are alert to trouble, patrolling outside two dedicated Fan Zones, where supporters without tickets can watch the game on big screens. Many are expecting them and the 16,500 fans allowed inside the stadium to see a tight contest. I� m going to say, i think City Willjust edge it. I don� t think chelsea, i don� t think chelsea can beat Manchester City three games in a row. I think it will be pep� s trophy. Having about been moved here at the 11th hour, the stage is finally set for the biggest contest in European Club football. We know there� ll be an English Champion it� s time to find out which shade of blue it will be. Laura scott, Bbc News, porto. 0lly Foster is in porto. Of course, i am envious because you� re standing on a lovely city in beautiful weather but i know you are there to work very, very hard. What are the fans saying to you . A meeting lots of people who are turning up even though they don� t have a ticket . I turning up even though they dont have a ticket . Turning up even though they dont have a ticket . I have met an awful lot of peeple have a ticket . I have met an awful lot of people who have a ticket . I have met an awful lot of people who were have a ticket . I have met an awful lot of people who were here have a ticket . I have met an awful. Lot of people who were here without a ticket. The place is absolutely jumping now, six hours before the kick off, and we are in the Chelsea Part of the city and there is a Fan Zone for the chelsea fans just behind that enormous inflatable trophy and you can probably hear the chanting coming down one of the Side Streets here. There are about 200 300 chelsea fans chanting over there, throwing paint into the evan kicking a ball around. The Manchester City fans are down On The Waterfront of the video here that runs through porto with those beautiful bridges. Up The River here. It was very serene down there when i went for breakfast but i imagine it is very lively down there now, especially since they weren� t all Drinking Coffee at eight in the morning, should i put it that way, jane, but i think they alljust very, very thankful to be here because football is opening up again. The stadium will only be operating at 33 capacity, which is why there was only a 6000 allocation of tickets for both clubs but we understand that probably more Manchester City fans in the city, some saying 10,000 just to say they have been here because porto could have been here because porto could have a very, very special place in their history as being the city where they did it for the first time in Theirfirst European where they did it for the first time in their first European Cup final. Chelsea, of course, this is a third Cup Final for them and they have won it once before back in 2012 but it really does feel now that we have got Cup Final weather and it feels very special indeed, jane. You are not wrong. We can hear the chanting, absolutely. I not wrong. We can hear the chanting, absolutel. , not wrong. We can hear the chanting, absolutel. ,. , absolutely. I have seen quite a few eole absolutely. I have seen quite a few peeple behind absolutely. I have seen quite a few people behind you absolutely. I have seen quite a few people behind you who absolutely. I have seen quite a few people behind you who are absolutely. I have seen quite a fewj people behind you who are walking around with my son and his mention to reduce capacity inside the stadium. What are the general coded rules . Is there any sense that some people realise and are still a pandemic on and some don� t . What are the pandemic on and some dont . What are the ,. , pandemic on and some dont . What are the ,. ,. , ~ pandemic on and some dont . What are the. ,. , ~. ,. , the everybody walking around in the streets, the everybody walking around in the streets. The the everybody walking around in the streets, the portuguese the everybody walking around in the streets, the portuguese people the everybody walking around in the streets, the portuguese people we | streets, the portuguese people we have seen wearing masks and some very mixed messages. The hotel where we are saying is that it is not mandatory but pretty much 95 of the local residents have been wearing masks, and there is some anxiety amongst the people who live in poor so because they have had it extremely tough over the past 12 months as well. Who live in porto. They are delighted that portugal has been put in the uk Green List which means that to getting you take your Pcr Tests are getting you take your Pcr Tests are getting injured after quarantine, just a Collateral Flow Test to get back into the uk than a two Day Pcr Test will get back at your own expense. Of course, they are delighted that so many Uk Citizens can go into this dreamless country because turkey was a Red List which is why the final wasn� t there. But they are not happy, many of them, that suddenly 16,500, they are not happy, many of them, that suddenly16,500, probably they are not happy, many of them, that suddenly 16,500, probably more, are suddenly descending on porto any 48 hour period. It is making some of them feel a little bit nervous because they are all abiding by Those Coded Rules is that it is ok. We will casting life here and we will put our masks back on if we move position but, yes, there are some anxious local residents here but you can hear, well, the chelsea fans are not wearing masks and i doubt whether you will be seeing many of the fans wearing masks at the stadium either. My smack that is interesting, isn� t it . Also report. I can tell spirits are high and we will have more from you in the next hour. Thanks very much. 0ur Correspondent in the Build Up to that match in porto and more from him over the course of the next afternoon. The time is now eight minutes past two. An 18 year old man has been charged with conspiracy to murder, in connection with the shooting of black Lives Matter Activist Sasha Johnson in South London last week. She remains in hospital. 0ur Correspondent Tim Muffett was in court. It� s almost one week since Sasha Johnson was shot at a House Party in peckham, South London. Thank you all for coming today. The black Lives Matter Activist remains in a critical condition in hospital. This morning 18 year old Cameron Deriggs of Bromley Hill In Lewisham appeared at westminster magistrates� court. He� s been charged with conspiracy to murder in relation to the shooting. An application for bail was rejected byjudge michael snow. Cameron deriggs is now due to appear at the Old Bailey onjune 25th. Four other men who� ve also been arrested in relation to the incident have been bailed until latejune. Detectives are continuing to appeal for anyone with information in relation to the shooting, which took place in the early hours of last Sunday Morning, to contact police. Tim muffett, Bbc News at westminster magistrates� court. Republicans have criticised president biden� s plan to increase federal Government Spending to the highest level since the second World War. His 6 Trillion budget would include money to invest in infrastructure, education and green technology. The White House says it� s needed to get america� s economy moving. But one senator has called the plan � insanely expensive�. 0ur North America correspondent, david willis, reports. President biden is looking to boost american manufacturing, and with it the lower and middle class. He� s proposing a massive programme of public spending, the largest since the second World War, a plan that would add trillions of dollars to this country� s national debt. Last month, in a president ial address to congress, he said america� s economy needed to be reimagined and rebuilt. My fellow americans. Trickle down. Trickle down economics has never worked, and it� s time to grow the economy from the bottom and the middle out. Applause. The president � s proposals include spending 4. 5 trillion on infrastructure and social programmes over the course of the next decade, an additional 14 Billion on climate initiatives designed to accelerate the move away from Fossil Fuels and more than 2 Billion on addressing the problems caused by gun violence, including provisions for tighter background checks. All paid for by tax increases on wealthy americans and big corporations. Republican reaction was sharp and severe. President biden� s proposal would drown american families in debt, deficits and inflation, tweeted mitch mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate. All setting the stage for a bitter fight in congress over what democrats regard as the long overdue redistribution of wealth, and their opponents see as a return to the dark days of big government. The party� s differences were laid bare only hours earlier when senate republicans voted to block the formation of a commission to investigate the events of january the 6th, a day which Saw Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters storm the Capitol Building in washington, dc, delaying the Certification Ofjoe Biden as president. Republicans feared such a commission could harm their chances in next year� s congressional elections. The Senate Leader accused them of seeking to sweep the events ofjanuary the 6th under the rug. Out of Fear Or Fealty to Donald Trump, the republican minorityjust prevented the american people from getting the full truth about january the 6th. The republican minorityjust prevented the senate from even debating the bill. No opportunity for amendments, no opportunity for debate. There was an attempt by the republican minority to shunt this vote into the dark of night. But because of todays senate time agreement, it was done in broad daylight. The american people will see how each republican senator voted. The vote ends any chance of a nonpartisan inquiry into the events of that fateful day. It also underlines the Widening Gulf between the two parties going into the difficult months of Budget Negotiation that lie ahead. David willis, Bbc News, los angeles. Uk Music Festivals could be facing another lost summer, according to mps, who blame the government for not introducing an Insurance Safety Net for organisers. A report from the digital, culture, media and Sport Committee said ministers had refused to take multiple opportunities to address concerns and that� s now too late for many festivals to Go Ahead this year. I� ll be talking to the organiser of one Music Festival in just a moment, but first this report from sarah campbell. Early may, and a Test Event at liverpool� s sefton park. More than 5,000 people were allowed into enjoy the atmosphere, the music, the food. They were tested and their behaviour was monitored to see whether a festival could be a safe place during a pandemic. Leeds, 2016, and even if it means getting a little muddy, thousands of people are desperate to get back to the festival experience. And the Reading And Leeds festivals 2021 are on at the end of august, and are sold out. But glastonbury, probably the best known event of its kind, was online only this year the second year running this corner of somerset wasn� t the focus of global music interest. And many other festivals won� t happen either this year, the parliamentary committee argues, because the government won� t provide back up insurance to cover costs if they have to be cancelled at the last minute. There are 975 festivals across the uk each year. A quarter of them are already gone, and that is worth £1. 7 billion and Tens Of Thousands ofjobs. All they need is a little bit of certainty so that if they can� t Go Ahead, they will ensure that at least their costs, not their profits, are covered. The Government Department responsible says Indemnity Cover will be looked at, adding they are working flat out to support festivals and live events. And following on from promising Test Results from this event in liverpool, it has been announced that the download Music Festival which had been cancelled will now Go Ahead injune as a government Test Event. Sarah campbell, Bbc News. Anna wade is from Boom Town fair festival, which would have been held in august but has been cancelled. Shejoins me now. Now, i believe, as things stand, yours is not happening. Tell now, i believe, as things stand, yours is not happening. Now, i believe, as things stand, yours is not happening. Tell us the chain of events. Yours is not happening. Tell us the chain of events. Have yours is not happening. Tell us the chain of events. Have you yours is not happening. Tell us the chain of events. Have you got yours is not happening. Tell us the chain of events. Have you got to i yours is not happening. Tell us the L Chain of events. Have you got to the point of Selling Tickets . At what point of Selling Tickets . At what point did you decide you just couldn� t make it work . So point did you decide you ust couldnt make it work . So yeah, we had. We couldnt make it work . So yeah, we had we went couldnt make it work . So yeah, we had. We went on couldnt make it work . So yeah, we had. We went on Sale Couldnt make it work . So yeah, we had. We went on Sale Back couldnt make it work . So yeah, we had. We went on Sale Back in couldnt make it work . So yeah, we i had. We went on Sale Back in october this year� s event and we actually sold out fully in february for a 60,000 tickets. I was part of the government dcms select Committee Backin Government Dcms Select Committee Back Injanuary government Dcms Select Committee back in january when government Dcms Select Committee Back Injanuary when we government Dcms Select Committee back in january when we first announced, called on the government to provide a government backed Insurance Scheme due to the fact there was no insurance available out there, so we had said that basically by the end of march both festivals would need to know due to our timelines, so we actually cancelled Boom Town, i think on the 20th Of April because we held out that long but we just realise that without the certainty and the Safety Net of government backed insurance the risks were just far too high. Able to proceed much further, unfortunately. To proceed much further, unfortunatel. ,. , , unfortunately. You are presumably out of pocket unfortunately. You are presumably out of pocket even unfortunately. You are presumably out of pocket even with unfortunately. You are presumably out of pocket even with that unfortunately. You are presumably l out of pocket even with that because we had to refund all those Tens Of Thousands of people who bought a ticket . ~. ,. ,. ,. , ticket . Well, quite a few of our, a Hue Ticket . Well, quite a few of our, a huge Majority Ticket . Well, quite a few of our, a huge majority of ticket . Well, quite a few of our, a huge majority of our ticket . Well, quite a few of our, a huge majority of our Ticket Ticket . Well, quite a few of our, a| huge majority of our Ticket Holders have actually rolled them over to the 2022 event, which is amazing, and that has been such a lifeline for all events out there, really, so, yeah, we have had to refund a few but we don� t really touch the Ticket Money anyway, thatjust few but we don� t really touch the Ticket Money anyway, that just stays in a completely different Bank Account that we don� T Touch until we are able to actually put the show on so it is a kind of different cash flow, different bucket of money there. In flow, different bucket of money there. ,. ,. , there. In terms of this report from there. In terms of this report from the committee, there. In terms of this report from the committee, it there. In terms of this report from the committee, it must there. In terms of this report from the committee, it must feel there. In terms of this report from | the committee, it must feel galling for you because you would have been sitting there explaining how you felt you could make things Go Ahead, how you can make it covid safe, in this group of mps is, essentially, backing you up, saying moore could have been done to help Music Festivals which are, it� s notjust disappointing for people who loved going to them, there� s a lot ofjobs at stake here to . Going to them, theres a lot of obs at stake here mi going to them, theres a lot of obs at stake here to . Yeah, absolutely, and i think that at stake here to . Yeah, absolutely, and i think that all at stake here to . Yeah, absolutely, and i think that all credit at stake here to . Yeah, absolutely, and i think that all credit to at stake here to . Yeah, absolutely, and i think that all credit to the and i think that all credit to the select committee they have been absolutely amazing and it is the first time in our industry has actually had that level of Government Interaction and distension and they have really been dedicated to really digging into what the Festival Industry is, what we need, and how, as you mention, how many other industries we actually support, especially as independent festivals as well so there is a huge Supply Chain and freelances network and huge economy within the actual Festival Market itself so it has been quite a tough journey but it means that the industry has come together as a whole and we have really cold and the government to be able to throw us this vital lifeline and it does look as though they may potentially be some Hope Post the 21st Ofjune because government have mentioned that they are looking to do that so i think the next step would be just to ask that to be implemented as soon as possible to help save the best of the events out there for the rest of the summer. 50 best of the events out there for the rest of the summer. Rest of the summer. So many out there. Festival rest of the summer. So many out there. Festival Organisers Rest of the summer. So many out there. Festival organisers have i there. Festival organisers have received more than £34 million in total from the Government Recovery Fund and more support is on the way. Now, is that something that you recognise a is thus enough to help you . How do you look to the future now . ~ ,. ,. Now . Absolutely, the culture Recovery Fund now . Absolutely, the culture Recovery Fund was now . Absolutely, the culture Recovery Fund was a now . Absolutely, the culture Recovery Fund was a brilliantl Recovery Fund was a brilliant lifeline to everybody that it didn� t provide the Safety Net that we require. To everybody that received it, sorry, of which Boom Town was one of the grateful recipients. So that was incredibly welcome and we are incredibly grateful for that because it goes back to a bit of what i was saying early in terms of different parts because the cultural Recovery Fund was trying to plug the deficit in last Years Event not being able to Go Ahead and to hopefully help us trying to be able to re engage up to the in built Go Ahead this year but without the costs are so much for a huge in terms of what we have sue commit to this stage before the events actually Go Ahead because even at this stage in, nearly earlyjune, we don� t even know if an event over 4000 capacity can even Go Ahead so there are so many unknowns and so much an certainty that without that Safety Net of insurance and the government showing confidence in the sex and also their abode that it has left a lot of festivals in a very precarious position. Showing confidence in the sector and also in their road map. Their road map. Thanks for talking to us and we their road map. Thanks for talking to us and we will their road map. Thanks for talking to us and we will talk their road map. Thanks for talking to us and we will talk again their road map. Thanks for talking to us and we will talk again i their road map. Thanks for talking to us and we will talk again i am l to us and we will talk again i am sure. Anna wade from the Boom Town fair festival which, sure. Anna wade from the Boom Town fairfestival which, she heard there, sadly had to be cancelled. Fingers crossed for next year for so many festival organisers. It is 20 past two. The duchess of cambridge has received her first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Kate had herfirstjab at london� s science museum. She said she was, hugely grateful to everyone who is playing a part in the rollout. With indoor pools closed for most of the last year swimming in the uk� s rivers has seen an exponential rise in popularity, creating a growing public concern around the state of the country� s waterways. With Leisure Activities in rivers expected to hit record levels this bank holiday weekend, a national Ocean Conservation Charity is launching an app to provide the uk� s only real time Water Quality Information for water sports enthusiasts. Tom webb reports. At a time when many of us have been discovering our natural waterways as a place for leisure, the uk ranks just 25th out of 30 European Nations for water quality, which is why the usually ocean focused charity Surfers Against Sewage is turning its Attention Inland with the use of a new app. 0ur Rivers are sadly in a shocking state. 0nly14 meeting good ecological status, and None Meeting good chemical status. And the app is really, really important. It gives people the real time, live data on sewage and agricultural pollution of their favourite beaches and bathing spots on rivers. Sewage discharges are only legal in certain very limited circumstances. But despite this, last Year Water companies in england did so more than 400,000 times, 837 rise from the previous year. This occurred for 3 Million hours. 0ne Treatment Work alone dumped over 1 Billion litres in one day, the equivalent of 400 0lympic Swimming Fulls of sewage. And it� s not only a threat to the environment, as Andy Tassell discovered when swimming with friends in the River Dee in chester last summer. When we got in, the water looked pretty clear. Within a matter of an hour or two, started to feel pretty queasy. It knocked me off pretty much anything, spent two days in bed. But for many, the benefits outweigh the potential risks. Health Worker Susi Halley discovered her love for wild swimming with her friends, even turning it into a way to raise money for fellow Front Line Workers experiencing problems with their mental health. I kind of took on this challenge to swim in the thames every day for 28 days in february, which was magical, and this really incredibly positive thing alongside this really challenging and difficult thing i was doing in the hospital. While Surfers Against Sewage are hoping that users of the app will be more safe when using the waterways, they� re also hoping it will act as a campaigning tool. The Safer Seas and Rivers Service will allow people to contact their mp and their water company� s ceo in their catchment every time there is a pollution incident. The Environment Agency says it� s working actively with the Water Companies to ensure overflows are properly controlled, and the harm they do to the environment is stopped. Many of us will continue to use The Rivers this weekend, despite the potential pollution from sewage, but environmental charities are hoping that the increasing use of our waterways will turn the tide in the campaign for cleaner waters. Tom webb, Bbc News. We can speak now to Becky Malby from the ilkley clean river group, which last year became the first successful campaign for a river to be designated a bathing site. 0ne One of the reasons we were keen to talk to you was i think we will one of the first in the country feel stretching The River to be designated a bathing site. Explain how that all worked. We designated a bathing site. Explain how that all worked. How that all worked. We spent a cou le how that all worked. We spent a coule of how that all worked. We spent a courale of years how that all worked. We spent a couple of years campaigning how that all worked. We spent a | couple of years campaigning and realise the only way we could get our water properly tested having undertaken Citizen Science testing ourselves in demonstrating how polluted it was, the only way we could get it regularly tested, actually, was to apply for a Bathing Status so it wasn� t that we were particularly excited swimmers, though we do like that. Actually, while the main issue of The River which was for both Ecological Status Proficient The Wildlife and also the kids that are paddling and playing and picnicking by The River. Horst and picnicking by The River. How does it exactly and picnicking by The River. How does it exactly where . Does it mean that from now on that stretch is always monitored to make sure that it is safe for those children paddling . What happens here on in . Sadly, it is not entirely clear because we got very excited when we were awarded the designation because were awarded the designation because we had applied for a one Mile Stretch of The River and we had counted people and the thousands who come to El Clay and one is really busy they stretch right down The River so we apply to the church that if uses and what happened is defra came back to us and said we don� t have a formally designated extent but we had to provide the 0s geographical points at which we had been applying villages do make this designation but having been successful wishing it meant that The Riverwalk was designated but actually means the Environment Agency chooses one testing fun, just there very regularly but it is quite small point so they have put on their website one tenth of that whole stretch which they say is the most popular place for people to swim. It is not actually the most popular place for people to swim according to our data, it is part of the place, and actually they have chosen a point this is upstream from the Sewage Works in on a sunny day when there were a lot of people people sped down the beaches and they have no idea they are sitting amongst raw sewage and the raw sewage has been discharged whether kids are playing from the Sewage Works. So the Testing Point is above the Sewage Works. We applied for that whole stretch. We thought that meant we were going to get testing across the whole stretch of the Environment Agency has said to us, firstly, we can� t afford to do is more than one point, and secondly, when that obviously was ridiculous because it is only a two second walk down The River, but secondly that it is so polluted what is the point . And that was the point, that it is so polluted that people need to know, we need signs that we need people to know that it is not safe. There are sections of our river that are safe and we do want people to come and paddle and play there but we don� t want them down there where people are going to get sick and we do need those storm overflows cleaning up because, at the moment, they are discharging over 110 days of the year in l clay. In ilkley. It sounds to me like a lot of the work you did on this predates the pandemic, is that light, and you are now seeing more people are never using that stretch for all the reasons we know that lockdown and so on . It is probably not dramatically different . We have had some days, across the whole country they have been some days, it is settling out countdown, but people do enjoy coming here, it is lovely, but the greatest public dislike to pack a Picnic And Head off on a sunny day to The River and that you have an all your kids have people expect the water to be ok and it looks 0k and after rainfall it is not ok and it is never 0k after rainfall it is not ok and it is never ok on the second part of the designated stretch where the Environment Agency is not testing and we really need testing there and signage there and we need that to trigger a Clean Up of those Sewage Works because, at the moment, Yorkshire Water is apparently allowed to discharge raw sewage pretty much every time it rains in ilkley, eight millimetres of rain, which is drizzle here in yorkshire, that triggers raw sewage discharges. It is a phenomenal amount of sewage going into The River there. Going into The River there. Perhaps we will hear going into The River there. Perhaps we will hear something going into The River there. Perhaps we will hear something from we will hear something from Yorkshire Water on all of that little bit later in the day. Thanks for talking to us. It is by the time right now. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. And the weather is still looking good this weekend. Now, at the moment, it is not the case of clear Blue Skies across the country. In fact, you can see earlier on a bit of cloud here and there, but that is an old weather front, it is in the process of fizzling away and i think for the second half of the afternoon at the very least it� s decent sunny spells and warm, temperatures up around 1921. But and there often is a but, isn� t there . There is a lot of low, Grey Cloud in the North Sea and that means that Sunday Morning some coastal areas along the North Sea coast and down to East Anglia will start off cloudy and some of the coasts, the very coastal strip, may hang on to some of that Grey Cloud into the afternoon. So we are talking Cooler Weather in norwich 15 degrees maybe 17 in hull, but inland it is going to be a beautifully sunny Day Tomorrow and that fine weather is expected to last into monday and tuesday. Hello, this is Bbc News. The headlines thousands of Manchester City and chelsea fans are in portugal, where the teams meet for the Champions League final in a few hours� time. A teenager appears in court charged with conspiracy to murder, following the shooting of Sasha Johnson, the black Lives Matter Activist. The 6 Trillion plan. President biden pushes the biggest Spending Programme since World War ii, to try to reboot america� s economy. Another lost summer for Uk Musicalfestivals a report by mps blames the government for not backing an Insurance Safety Net for organisers. I will be back with much more at the top of the hour, but right now. A former wales rugby international takes on his biggest challenge to prove the game he loves has caused his dementia